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as in misrepresenting
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not
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as in refuting
to prove to be false
telephone records falsified his claim that he wasn't home that night
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Recent Examples of falsifying
The grand jury also accused Childers of arresting a person without a warrant and probable cause, and falsifying an incident report regarding his use of force on a person in a cell.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Mangan filed two reports regarding the incident which prosecutors accuse him of falsifying.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Flores faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the civil rights charge and up to 20 years if convicted of falsifying a record in a federal investigation.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Under New York state law, falsifying business records becomes a felony if the records were falsified to commit or conceal another crime.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
He was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, seven counts of distribution of ketamine and two counts of altering and falsifying documents or records related to the federal investigation.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Again the day after a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment before the 2016 presidential election.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a separate New York hush money case.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
AlHusseini, 51, of Venice, pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud for falsifying documents that aided in the scheme and is also expected to be sentenced in February.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Mangan filed two reports regarding the incident which prosecutors accuse him of falsifying.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Flores faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of the civil rights charge and up to 20 years if convicted of falsifying a record in a federal investigation.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
Under New York state law, falsifying business records becomes a felony if the records were falsified to commit or conceal another crime.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025
He was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, seven counts of distribution of ketamine and two counts of altering and falsifying documents or records related to the federal investigation.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Again the day after a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records relating to a hush money payment before the 2016 presidential election.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a separate New York hush money case.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
AlHusseini, 51, of Venice, pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud for falsifying documents that aided in the scheme and is also expected to be sentenced in February.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for falsifying
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In response, some on the right charged that the Times and its allies in academia were negatively misrepresenting American history.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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In November 2023, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin began investigating First Choice Women’s Resource Center to see whether the nonprofit had violated state consumer fraud laws by misrepresenting its services to clients, donors and the public.—
Carly Thomsen,
The Conversation,
17 Dec. 2025
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The film spends the next hour and 50 minutes refuting that idea.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Michaels took to her Instagram days after the release of Fit for TV to post a series of screenshots of text chains, email threads, and other pieces of documentation refuting or otherwise complicating each claim leveled at her.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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Today, tariffs are distorting international trade, conflict is raging with Russia’s war on Ukraine, there have been flare-ups between Israel and Iran and the US is seizing oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
25 Dec. 2025
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Economists cautioned that recent data should be interpreted carefully, as a 43-day federal government shutdown disrupted the collection of household data, potentially distorting figures on employment.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
20 Dec. 2025
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Conservative Supreme Court Justice's Views on Obergefell Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, signaled interest in reexamining past precedents like Obergefell in a concurrence with the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling overturning Roe.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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With this reasoning, the Court ruled against Scott and legalized slavery in the territories by overturning the Missouri Compromise.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Falsifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falsifying. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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